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The Atlanta “Snowpocalypse”–The Case for Preparedness Training for Rare Weather...
For U.S. cities like Albany and Green Bay that are accustomed to winters of low temperatures and high snow drifts, two inches of snow...
Feb 05, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
NACCHO Members Invited to Participate in Survey on Mass Fatality Preparedness
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, Columbia University, and Loyola University...
Feb 04, 2014 | Frances Bevington
New NACCHO/UPMC Report Released: Riding the Mobile Wave
On Tuesday, Feb. 4, NACCHO and the UPMC Center for Health Security released their joint report: Riding the Mobile Wave: What Local...
Feb 04, 2014 | Sara Rubin
NACCHO’s 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments Shows Continued Funding...
On Jan. 21, NACCHO released the report of findings and data from the 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments (Profile)...
Jan 28, 2014 | Frances Bevington
How Information Flows During Emergencies
In this article from MIT Technology Review, authors explore how mobile phone data can shed light on the behaviors of individuals...
Jan 21, 2014 | Admin
NACCHO’s Investments in Mobile Health Technology Help Local Health Departments...
Dec 18, 2013 | Admin
Public Health Law November Report
The Public Health Law Workgroup did not meet in November, but workgroup member Thomas Merrill (New York City Department of Health and...
Dec 13, 2013 | Andy Roszak
Public Health Departments Use Social Media for Education and Monitoring
This article from iHealth Beat outlines how local health departments (LHDs) have been using social media to keep the public informed...
Dec 12, 2013 | Admin
2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic 10 Times More Deadly Than Previously Estimated
The modest number of 18,449 laboratory-confirmed deaths from the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic caused many to question whether the...
Dec 11, 2013 | Lisa Brown
The Atlanta “Snowpocalypse”–The Case for Preparedness Training for Rare Weather EventsFor U.S. cities like Albany and Green Bay that are accustomed to winters of low temperatures and high snow drifts, two inches of snow is barely cause for concern. In the warmer cities of the south, however, what may seem like a minor weather event can be a major disruption to the community. Atlanta found […] Feb 05, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
NACCHO Members Invited to Participate in Survey on Mass Fatality PreparednessResearchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, Columbia University, and Loyola University Maryland have invited NACCHO’s members to participate in a research study on mass fatality incidents funded by the National Science Foundation. Please see below for the full invitation text and contact Dr. Robyn Gershon for more information. Mass fatality […] Feb 04, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
New NACCHO/UPMC Report Released: Riding the Mobile WaveOn Tuesday, Feb. 4, NACCHO and the UPMC Center for Health Security released their joint report: Riding the Mobile Wave: What Local Health Departments Need in Order to Adopt Social Media and Mobile Health Technologies for Emergency Preparedness. While the American public’s use of social media and mobile technologies has grown dramatically in recent years, most local health departments (LHDs) are... Feb 04, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
NACCHO’s 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments Shows Continued Funding Cuts for PreparednessOn Jan. 21, NACCHO released the report of findings and data from the 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments (Profile) study, demonstrating continued funding cuts across several programmatic areas at local health departments (LHDs), including emergency preparedness Jan 28, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
How Information Flows During EmergenciesIn this article from MIT Technology Review, authors explore how mobile phone data can shed light on the behaviors of individuals during an emergency. Researchers obtained the mobile phone records of 10 million people over four years and correlated dates with days when an emergency happened. They learned that during emergency situations, there is an […] Jan 21, 2014 | Admin |
NACCHO’s Investments in Mobile Health Technology Help Local Health Departments Improve Preparedness EffortsDec 18, 2013 | Admin |
Public Health Law November ReportThe Public Health Law Workgroup did not meet in November, but workgroup member Thomas Merrill (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene) and NACCHO staffer Andy Roszak were nominated to positions on the Legal Organizations Consortium’s Public Health Law Surveillance and Research Committee. The Committee develops guidelines for selecting laws and policies for […] Dec 13, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
Public Health Departments Use Social Media for Education and MonitoringThis article from iHealth Beat outlines how local health departments (LHDs) have been using social media to keep the public informed about medical outbreaks and disasters, as well as to increase health awareness and encourage behavior change. NACCHO’s senior researcher Jan Wilhoit discusses the results from the upcoming National Profile of Local Health Departments, which shows […] Dec 12, 2013 | Admin |
2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic 10 Times More Deadly Than Previously EstimatedThe modest number of 18,449 laboratory-confirmed deaths from the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic caused many to question whether the response was excessive. A recent World Health Organization (WHO) study analyzing the global mortality of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic contradicted this previous mortality estimate. The new study published in PLoS Medicine found mortality rates may […] Dec 11, 2013 | Lisa Brown |
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